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A ‘Can-Do’ Attitude Can Help Compensate for Lean Background
Hurray for Generation Y! The future has promise. The future is here. Recently, I met two outstanding employees: Kate, a recent college graduate, and Jordan, a college senior working as a summer intern. It wasn’t years of experience that distinguished their work. And it wasn’t deep technical skills, although each demonstrated competence in the technical aspects of their work. 3 Tips to Get College Students On Track and into a Job
I got goosebumps when I read the last line of the NPR story “For Nervous Seniors, Some Pre-Graduation Advice.” After spilling how being “overlooked” and “underestimated” is just “a part of life,” Professor Mitchell Zuckoff closes his speech to his, and the world’s, graduating students with some words of encouragement as they prepare to take fresh steps into the world of work: Last, I tell [my students] to keep in touch, because I know how good they are, and how much the world needs them, even if no one knows it yet. And then, I felt resentment. New Professionals: What’s Inside Your Career-Crystal Ball?
It can be overwhelming looking into your career-crystal ball. You are 40 sitting at the same desk you work at now…. Now, you are sitting on an exercise ball at Google’s headquarters playing with a dog…. Now, your current job doesn’t exist, and you see yourself working remotely from your office in your isolated mountain home…. Now, you’re living in your old room at your parents’ house… Now, there is a deep, dark, black hole of —- nothing. Slowing Down as the Holidays Pick Up
The holiday season can be a hectic time, but it can also be the perfect time for many of us to slow down. Students go on break (and most likely pick up more shifts at work. At least it’s a change of pace!), offices close up for extended holiday weekends, tragedy is replaced with “Top 10 Things to Buy Your Girlfriend” lists in the news, and we find extra pockets of time we didn’t know we had to catch up with old friends coming through town for the holidays. Whether you're in or transitioning to the world of work, college, high school, or middle school, LifeBound has the resources to help you succeed. Select your area of interest in the tabs above for books, online resources, tips, and more that are specific to your needs.We offer these resources to help you navigate decisions, options and choices to make the most out of your interests, your abilities, gifts and talents:
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